Finger-shield.



' A. W. KRIBGBR.

FINGBMHIBLD." APPLIOATION lILEfD JULY 11, 1908.

911,823. y Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

ALBERT W. KRIEGER, OF AVIS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO REUBEN H.

i MEEK, OF AVIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

FINGER-SHIELD.

j No. 911,823.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Application led July 11,' 1908. Serial N9. 443,044.

To all whom it may concern.;

a citizen of the United States, residing at Avis, in the county of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Finger-Shield, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to finger' shields and specifically to devices of that class which are. adapted for the use of stone masons, brick layers, quarry-men, longshoremen and others whose vcalling re uires them to pick up and handle stone, bric r, pig-iron, an other rough and abrasive materials.

A device of the above described class should be inexpensive; it should embrace means for preventinglV the material from sli ping from the digita pressure; it should e capable of firm and ra id attachment to and detachment from the ger, without limiting the movement of the member,` and finally, while oering a maximum protection, it should permit the air to reach the covered finger, it having been found that the excessive perspiration produced by unventilated shields, not infrequently leads to soreness of the finger and breakingdown of the tissues.

With these and other objects in view as will hereinafter more fully appear the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the s irit or sacrificing any of the advantages of t e invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The accompanying drawings show my invention in perspective; in Figure 1, it is de- Jpached to the finger, in Fig. 2, detached thererom.

In the following description I shall use the term front to signify the palm side of the finger; and the term joint to indicate one of the movable sections of the finger, and not the hinge union between the two phalanges. The finger shield of my invention is,

broadly s eaking, trough-shaped, the upper' end close over the ti of the finger. The

5.) device consists of a bo y portion 1 conformin shape to, approximately, the front ha f of the terminal joint ofthe finger. From the body portion 1 the wings 2 extend downward upon the sides of the second joint, the above described construction the Jlinger to be bent at the point of union bev tween the first and second joints and admitting of the attachment of the device to the second joint.

The means for attaching the shield to the finger consist of a plurality of tongues 3, 4 and 5, integral with the shield and projecting from its edges. These tongues 3, 4 and 5, are forwardl flexed to form lacing terminals through w ich may be passed a iiexible element 6. In disposing these tongues 3, 4 and 5, I place the members of one pair?) opposite to each other upon the edges of the body portion 1; the members of a second pair 4 opposite to each other upon the end of the outer edge of the downwardly extending arms 2; and a single tongue 5 upon the edge of the device, between the tongues 3 and 4. The tongue 5 may be variously placed. Preferably, it is located at the point of union between the first and second joints.

A plurality of apertures 7 are punched through the body portion 1, a slight outwardly projecting bur 8 being left to engage the material grasped by the finger.

My invention may be fastened to the bare hand or be used. in connection with a glove i and I have found that in either case the apertures 7 are necessary to provide ventilation for the finger and obviate the soreness incident to excessive perspiration.

In the use of finger shields it frequently happens that dust and grit find their way within the device, collecting ultimately at the tip of the finger to the annoyance and discomfort of the user. From the upper edge of the body portionl a series of slots 9 extend longitudinally inward, and through these slots, the dirt and grit will sift readily outward. In its referred form, my invention is fashioned lrom light sheet metal and the slots 9 furnish a means for adjusting the shield to fingers of different sizes.

In attachinmy device to a finger, gloved or otherwise, pass a bit of twine through one of the apertures 7, knot one end and draw the knot into contact with the exterior surface of the shield. The free end of the twine is then passed to and fro engaging a pair of tongues, as 4; passed to another set,

ermitting c;

as 3 Wrapped about them and Alinally made fast to the tongue 5. lt 'Will be seen that by the above method of procedure the shield Will be provided With a set of lashings holding it to the 'lirst joint oi the iinger and a second set, holding it to the second joint, the hinge motion ol the 'linger being una'llected.

Having thus described. the invention, my claims are as llolloWs:-

1. In a device of the class described, a trough-shaped body portion conforming in shape to the iront half oi the terminal joint of the linger, open at the back, and terminating at the lower end of said j oint; Wings exf tending downward from the body portion upon the sides of the second joint; means for attaching the device to the linger.

2. In a device of the class described., a body portion conforming in shape to the front half of the terminal 'joint of the Yringer and terminating at the lower end of said joint, the said body portion being pierced by a plurality of apertures burs outstanding from the periphery of the apertures; means for attaching the device to the linger.

3. In a device of the class described, a body portion conforming in shapeto the front half of the terminal joint of the linger and terminating at the lower end of said joint Wings extending downward from the body portion, upon the sides of the second joint, a pair of lacing terminals oppositely disposed upon the edges ollv the body portion, a pair of lacing terminals oppositely disposed upon the outer edges of the down Wardly extending Wings, a lacing terminal disposed upon the edge of' the shield between the above mentioned pairs.

Ll. A trough-shaped -linger-shield, conforming in shape to the l'ront hall" of the linger from its tip to a point upon the secondv joint, open at the back, and having an excision extending upward from the lower ed ge o l the shield to the point ol: union betnfeen the lirst and second joints; means lor attaching the shield to the linger.

ln a device of the class described, a body portion conforming in shape to the liront half of the i'zerminnl joint ol" the linger andterminating at the lower end of said joint, the said body portion heilig provided` with longitudinally disposed slots in its upper edge; Wings extending downward from the body portion upon the sides of the second joint; means for attaching the device to the 'lingen ln testimony that l claim the foregoing :is my own, l. have hereto al'lixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT lll. lillllCGlflli.

lrllitnesses P. D. Biirennn, JEssrn STAPLES. 

